I don't see the big requirement to rewrite it, imho.

Then once the GUI is done, you could merge all the playback components, renderers, filters and whatnot from the old project into the new.īut then, we already have other players that look 'modern', and we can easily use the MPC-HC filters in them. If one were really to write a new GUI, it would basically be a new project. Changing the UI toolkit is basically a rewrite of the whole frontend part of the player, however, which is also alot of work, and has no developers to do it - also MPC-HC has other issues that don't allow this kind of change. The problem is that MPC-HC uses the very old MFC components to render the UI, and MFC is not really skinnable.įor modern-looking UIs, you either render them yourself (which is A LOT of work), or you use the new UI toolkits that come with the. what you did is horrible from a designer's view, as accessibility, functionality and whatever else i can think of While your idea and intention is good, you're obviously not an interface designer. I understand that when all is said and done playback functionality reigns king over looks, but would be nice as time permits amongst the developers to see a more modern/functional look I do like the idea of a more modern look. Here`s how it looks (and the Illustrator file can be downloaded from here () ): If the developers are willing to start redesigning the GUI, i`ll be more than happy to do the entire design, everything from top to bottom, as they say.:p I`ve done a mock-up (In Adobe Illustrator) of my ideea of a revamped GUI, with added buttons and menus for subtitle/audio tracks and chapter selection, the things a lot of people use the most. At it beginnings that was done to minimize sistem resource usage, on today`s modern sistems (P4 and above mostly) the impact of a new modern GUI would be minimal.Īlso, a lot of people have started using MPC-HC as a external player from 7MC/MB & XMBC (my HTPC Software Guide for Windows 7 Media Center () also recommends MPC-HC as an external player for MKV), and the look of MPC-HC doesn`t really go to well with these modern HTPC front-ends. While MPC-HC is the best player on the market, getting the latest features first (PGS support comes in mind), the GUI is outdated.

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